The renovation of a former laundry building into a single family home is not only a sustainable <a href="http://inhabitat.com/old-coal-mine-complex-in-poland-to-be-reconfigured-into-a-science-and-art-center/">adaptive reuse</a> of an existing building, but it also became an art piece for artist <a href="http://www.jeanglibert.com/">Jean Gilbert</a>. Designed by French Architect Alain Hinant, this building in the suburb of Uccle in Brussels, Belgium is simple and ordinary, but a slice of paradise in an urban jungle.

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Adaptive Reuse Home by Alain Hinant

The black paint is glossy and literally helps to expand the sense of space through its mirror-like appearance.

Every layer of the home is engaged by the paint, from the kitchen and living spaces of the ground floor to the sleeping and study rooms of the top floors.

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Adaptive Reuse Home by Alain Hinant

Skylights above the staircase allow for plenty of natural daylight to flood into the space.

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Adaptive Reuse Home by Alain Hinant

The renovations tied the three floors together and allowed for the new single family open to unravel around a central staircase.

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Adaptive Reuse Home by Alain Hinant

The 120 square-meter, three-story laundry building used to serve the three neighboring houses in Uccle.

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Adaptive Reuse Home by Alain Hinant

Windows at the interior of the building also provide natural daylight and views of the small garden paradise behind the building.

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Adaptive Reuse Home by Alain Hinant

Though Architect Alain Hinant designed the renovation of this urban intervention, the owners performed most of the work themselves.

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Adaptive Reuse Home by Alain Hinant

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The 120 square-meter, three-story laundry building used to serve the three neighboring houses in Uccle. The renovations tied the three floors together and allowed for the new single family home to open up and unravel around a central staircase. Skylights above the staircase allow for plenty of natural daylight to flood into the space....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/adaptive-reuse-of-old-laundry-building-in-belgium-creates-new-daylit-home/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Adaptive Reuse Home by Alain Hinant

The renovation of a former laundry building into a single family home is not only a sustainable adaptive reuse of an existing building, but it also became an art piece for artist Jean Gilbert. Designed by French Architect Alain Hinant, this building in the suburb of Uccle in Brussels, Belgium is simple and ordinary, but a slice of paradise in an urban jungle.